Which? also said the Government had been slow to respond to serious incidents and subsequent reviews following product-related fires.

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Problems had been made worse by local trading standards teams losing more than half of their full-time equivalent staff and expertise since 2009.

It also said that there is an over-reliance on manufacturers to self-check their products’ safety, the report found.

Worryingly only 10 to 20 per cent of items that are recalled are ever repaired or returned, according to Electrical Safety First.

It means that potentially millions of recalled and unsafe electrical items are being used in homes around the UK.

But it’s not just dangerous appliances that are putting people’s lives at risk.

There is no centralised body that manages specific product of safety issues, for example, food, medicines, cosmetics and cars.

HOW TO CHECK IF AN APPLIANCE IS FAULTY

A tool by Electrical Safety First allows you to check if your appliance has been recalled since 2007.

The Chartered Institute of Trading Standards has a list of recent product recalls on it site.

You should also register your details with a manufacturer as soon as you buy an item.

You can do this directly or register with the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances service and they will tell you when a product is recalled or a safety alert is issued.

The outcome of the Working Group on Product Recall and Safety is expected tomorrow – more than nine months after it was first set up.

Which? chief executive Peter Vicary-Smith said: “The product safety system simply isn’t fit for purpose and its over reliance on a local approach to a national problem poses grave risks to consumers.

“The Government must now take urgent action and create a new national body that has all of the tools it needs to get unsafe products out of people’s homes.”

A BEIS spokesperson said: “The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety extremely seriously and we welcome this report.

“We are already considering the framework for a national body to support consumers on product safety, and look forward to working with Which? and the Working Group on how best to establish this.”

Andy Slaughter, Labour MP for Hammersmith, said: “I remain shocked that following the Shepherds Court fire in my constituency in August 2016, there is still no proper procedure for registering, recalling or recording faults in potentially dangerous electrical appliances in this country.”

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